Category: Environment

Faunal survey at Shendurney wildlife sanctuary enriches regional species checklist

Ministry of Jal Shakti released Annual Ground Water Quality Report 2024.

Excessive nitrates have been found in groundwater in 440 districts as of 2023, an increase from 359 such districts in 2017, a report by the Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) 

National Board for Wildlife has constituted a team to inspect settlements of Periyar Tiger Reserve.

Wildlife Institute of India is launching India’s first Fishing Cat Collaring Project at Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling has recently welcomed two red pandas from the Netherlands.

Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Ken-Betwa river-linking project in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.

Context Union minister for road transport and highways inaugurated Asia’s first highway with a bio-bitumen blended surface. About Bio-Bitumen Source:…

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav Releases India State of Forest Report 2023.

Nigerian authorities seize 2.179 tonnes of pangolin scales

The Ethiopian Wolf was recently documented consuming nectar, marking the first instance of a large carnivorous predator contributing to pollination.

Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have recently shown that nanoplastics can promote horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance (AR) genes, particularly within the human gut microbiota.